Secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has cancelled a one-week sit-at-home order it issued across the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports IPOB to have said that it called off the order after consultations with elders, traditional, and religious leaders from the region. The group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday after denying IPOB’s involvement in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. He stated that it is not IPOB’s intention to add to the pains of the people it…
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